Lt. Colonel (Retired) Maurice F. Ludwig, born in Sycamore, Ohio, and a longtime resident of south Mobile County, Alabama, passed away on Nov. 7, 2011.

Known to his friends as "Lud," Ludwig served in the Air Force as a pilot beginning in World War II as part of the B-26 bomber division in Europe, according to his obituary. It says he later flew as a pilot and flight trainer in the Korean War.

Ludwig retired from the service in 1969 to devote time to the charter fishing service that he owned and operated on Dauphin Island, his obituary says, adding that charter customers look back with fond memories of fishing aboard his boat "Spindrift."

The obituary also says Ludwig was always an avid golfer and was a member of the Men's Golf Group at Isle Dauphine.